Hornets Starting Lineup FINAL PREDICTION | Sexton vs Knueppel | Kalkbrenner vs Diabaté | BKN Preview
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20 Comments
I think Kalk starts and Moussa finishes.
Doug had rabbit ears then
If they wanna start with the right tone, the leader of this team must start. Yiu gotta show that you’re a serious organization and a serious team. That comes with starting the best players and Collin is one of them. We cannot afford to mess this up or take advantage of the fact, so many of these teams are missing their key players.
And PS I really enjoy you guys‘s podcast because you guys aren’t stubborn in maybe changing your opinions and even if you have a different opinion than the viewers, you at least provide reasoning as to why. you’re not afraid to change your mind if you see other information that supports another idea, I respect it.
Tidjaun should be starting. at Greensboro Swarm. and not playing nba minutes. give his minutes to McNeely who has dominating in practice.
Can’t wait to see kalk block ants big dunk and watch him fall on his ass and kalk stands over him and says get that ish outta here lol 😂
Kinda sucks as a Aussie fan since day one have every jersey change they ever did own socks towels cups anything you can think of I have in hornets lol I own all the Melo shoes even the scooby doos lol pay something like 25 bucks a month to watch on nba app there has never been any free to air hornets games here ever they won’t even let us tune into wfnz to listen to the game live Disney plus has nba now but once in a blue moon you will get a hornets game same for prime video you set your fav team then it shows no game and the one it does show when you click it it takes to to a free week trial with nba app like wtf how much money do I need to spend to watch a game free let us watch it on your local network broadcast I’d even watch a live YouTube stream of anyone even using a cam corder 😂❤
Hoping to see Doug walk back the "Mason is starting" QB kneel!
Sickos unite!!!!
Look into getting UZZU sports. I’ve had it the last 2 seasons. It has every nba game, every football game, every baseball game. 120$ for a year.
Let’s go Hornets 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I like Sexton as the 6th man. Leading the 2nd unit and getting extra minutes down the stretch when he's playing well.
Pumped for this season outside of the boring OKC bullcrap type of play again
Its as simple as let kon and kalk earn it. Thats what lee has been preaching all offseason so it would go against what he has be saying starting a rookie off bat
Great preview Walker and Doug 🙌🏻, looking forward to see how we play tonight and also the first stretch of games. We’ve got good depth in the backcourt and each of Colin, Tre and Kon will have plenty of minutes to impress 🏀. Like you both discussed the center rotation is interesting and might depend on the matchups. My big hope this season is that Lamelo and Brandon stay healthy 🙌🏻 so we can gage if they are the future of our franchise 👍🏻, let’s go Hornets 🐝
Hornets should play a small ball fast lineup especially if their not playing dynamic centers on opposing teams.
Doug you’re absolutely right about local tv and I’ve been with you on this specific issue ever since FSSE went away. Frankly, the only reason I’m a hornets fan period was because with cable… your local fox sports affiliate showed all the games for free – period. Just had to have cable. It’s why I’m so passionate… all those years sat in a beanbag in front of my tv just watching this team hoping one day they’d turn it around since they were so close to the upstate. The SC presence for this team is embarrassingly low. Lived here my whole life and I’m one of maybe 2-3 other hornets fan I’ve ever seen from this area. Simulcasting your game locally IS the ONLY way to reliably build a home grown fan base. Seems so simple to me and they are only now starting to get it right because the NBA has finally realized what they did was stupid.
Keys for the season (Health permitting): Defend the 3, stop allowing bigs to have career nights against us, and do we have enough reliable scoring to reduce the offensive load on Lamelo and Brandon Miller? Fortunately, the 2026 draft class will be one of the best draft classes ever, but enough is enough. The Hornets need to start winning games.
Collin takes pressure off LaMelo on the offensive end. The offense stagnated at times last year with Green at 2G when defenses put the aggressive double-team on LaMelo. That ain't gonna happen with Sexton on the court. As for the 5 position, Kalkbrenner may start, but Coach Lee will have Moussa finish at crunch time.
WHAT HAS COLLIN SEXTON DONE IN THE NBA ?
Let’s keep it real, if Collin was so great why was he traded ?
Looking forward to the new season and listening to you guys break things down. I would like to share my wish list for the season.
1. A healthy season especially for Lamelo and Brandon.
2. A push for the playoffs successfully or not, I just want us to at least be in conversation.
3. Play more defense than normal.
If we can get that I will be very happy.